by Maxwell Radwin on 2 August 2023 - MONGABAY
Calls from the international community are growing for the release of five environmental activists fighting water pollution and mining in El Salvador ...
... given to late Regina Paz “Gina” Lopez, former Environment and Natural Resources Secretary and a staunch anti-mining advocate.
During her short yet “fearless” stint as environment secretary, Lopez closed ...
... to defend the human rights of these defenders during this public health crisis."
Cases of assaults during quarantine
In Honduras, the assassination of farmer and land defender Iris Argentina Álvarez ...
... from Peru, Bolivia and Haiti shared their perspectives on the constant mobilization for the defense of natural goods and proposed strategies for extending long term collaborations with antimining coalitions ...
Mario Beltrán - Contrapunto
Environmental NGOs fear that the approaching electoral season might advance the company´s goals at the expense of the environment.
Environmental organizations are worried ...
Gloria Silvia Orellana - Diario CoLatino
"My mother was the daughter of miners and when I told her everything that happened here (in El Salvador) she told me that when her father finished working (in ...
Teresa Alvarado: Transparencia Activa
The National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining, an entity that groups 11 citizen organizations - delivered a letter to the Legislative Assembly to demand approval ...
... series, bringing the anti-mining struggle of El Salvador to the Canadian north with an informative presentation.
In a local library, a crowd gathered to learn about the environmental crisis in El Salvador ...
* Teresa Alvarado: Transparencia Activa
The inhabitants of Cinquera also asked the city council to call a popular vote so that the citizens of the town can decide through a vote if they are in favor of, ...
Jose Mejia | Transparecia Activa
Luis Parada, the attorney representing the Salvadoran State in the international litigation initiated by Pacific Rim/Oceana Gold, explained that before an adverse ruling, ...
... cases as in Guatemala, the government has declared a state of siege due anti-mining protests, in Honduras people have suffered threats, imprisonment and even deaths, in Nicaragua this year there were over ...
Members of the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining in Salvador demanded all presidential candidates to publicly state their parties' position on the issue of mining in the country. “Mining is one ...
El Salvador loses on three out of four counts, as anti-environment and anti-development case launched under CAFTA drags on
Todd Tucker, June 4, 2012
El Salvador lost three out of four of its major ...
Recent Statements Cause Alarm for the Anti-Mining Movement
After months of waiting for the Salvadoran central government to release its mining sector Strategic Environmental Assessment, the Vice-Minister ...
Political Candidates Answer to Anti-Mining Activists in San Salvador and Cabañas
March 2012
Monday March 5, the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining in El Salvador (The Mesa in Spanish) together ...
Lucha Continental: Lazos Anti-Mineros de Wisconsin y El Salvador
Febrero, 2012
English Version
La lucha contra la minería se está intensificando en el estado de Wisconsin, EEUU. El jueves 26 ...
Cross-Border Struggles: Anti-Mining Ties between Wisconsin and El Salvador
February, 2012
Versión en Español
The struggle against mining is gaining force in the state of Wisconsin. On Thursday, ...
... a number of issues surrounding the case.
The Salvadoran anti-mining movement has been able to stand up to multi-national corporations like Commerce Group for a number of reasons, one of which being its ...
... of unfurling banners, chanting and a solidarity statement from a youth leader at ATM Youth Network General Assembly, Baguio City, Phillippines.(Led by Alyansa Tigil Mina)
April 23 (PHILIPPINES) Joint ...
... prohibition is facing new threats. On January 11, the Salvadoran government ordered the arrest of five prominent anti-mining activists and water defenders: Miguel Ángel Gámez, Alejandro Laínez García, ...